kiko

1. (noun) flesh, content.

Ka kite iho au kua motu te kiko o te tupehau o taku waewae (HP 1991:21). / I saw that the flesh of the calf of my leg had been cut.

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2. (noun) body, substance.

Kāti te kumekume i ngā whakaaro me te iwi ki ngā whakaaro kūare, huhuakore, kāore nei he kiko o roto (TPH 15/6/1900:1). / Stop drawing the opinions and the people into ignorant ideas of no value and no substance.

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3. (noun) content, subject matter.

kupu kiko

1. (noun) base - a word that expresses lexical or real meaning in a sentence or phrase, e.g. whare, haere, hea, Te Kūiti, tātahi, Ani, riro.

Tumu: He kupu kiko koia te karihi o te kīanga (HJ 2015:12). / Base: This is a meaningful word that is the nucleus of the phrase.

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Synonyms: tumu

mate kohi kiko

1. (noun) tuberculosis, consumption.

These ailments developed here: infertility, tuberculosis, asthma, and others. / Ka tipu mai i konei ēnei mate te pukupā, te mate kohi kiko, te huangō, me ērā atu mate hoki (TPH 15/8/1903:1).

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kohi-ā-kiko

1. (noun) emaciation, wasting sickness.

Ki te whakaarohia ēnei kupu Māori tawhito, te kohi-ā-kiko me te kaiuaua, ka kitea kei roto i aua ingoa tētahi o ngā tino tohu o te mate nei, arā te tere o te tūpuhi, o te iti haere o te tinana o te tangata e pāngia ana (TTT 1/7/1922:10). / If we consider these ancient Māori words, 'kohi-a-kiko' and 'kaiuaua', those names reveal the symptoms of this disease, namely skinniness, and the shrinking of the body of the person afflicted.

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See also mate kohi, mate kohi-ā-kiko, kohi

tū-ā-kiko

1. (verb) to be hit, wounded.

Ko ngā mōrehu i oma; ētahi mā runga waka, ko ētahi i tītari noa atu ki rō ngahere, ora atu ētahi, i tū-ā-kiko ētahi, mate rawa atu pea ētahi (TWM 20/1/1866:1). / The survivors fled; some by canoe, some scattered into the forest, some survived, others were wounded, and some probably died.

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